Chapter 189

"Larvitar?"

Ash and his friends took out the Pokédex, gave Larvitar a quick scan, and checked its condition.

Larvitar looked at Ash pleadingly, then noticed many pairs of eyes silently watching it from the side, and it froze up, feeling very Nervousness.

Friendship saw the newly emerged Larvitar, their eyes full of curiosity; seeing Larvitar's reaction made them even more curious—how did it suddenly become so timid?

"Larvitar, hello!"

Ash crouched down to look at Larvitar and greeted it: "I'm Ash, please take care of me!"

Larvitar stared blankly at Ash.

Xiaoxia and Brock each introduced themselves.

Larvitar was fine with Ash, but when facing Xiaoxia and Brock it became a bit shy; although it had sensed the three of them while still in the egg, it only felt familiar with Ash, after all it sensed a familiar aura from Ash—that is, wave-guidance—and also the energy that kept it full of vigor.

Poké Ball all introduced themselves, looking at this timid Larvitar that had hatched from the egg; the outgoing Strong Croc prepared to use its lively dance steps to get closer to Larvitar, for in its view, nothing couldn't be solved by dancing once and playing together—if that didn't work, just do it again!

Strong Croc had thought well of it, but the timid Larvitar, seeing Strong Croc like that, got scared and immediately went over to Ash.

All right, Larvitar has just come out; it's not used to it yet, so let's all get along slowly.

Ash gently picked up Larvitar and gave it some food.

Their eyes full of pity, they sensed that since its egg stage Larvitar had gone through many things: stolen by poachers, then accidentally dropped onto the street, nearly stepped on by humans, nearly hit by a truck.

Ash clearly felt those experiences when he touched the Pokémon egg; Larvitar's present timidity must stem from what it endured while still in the egg, leaving it fearful.

Larvitar hesitated a moment, then, with its tiny hand, vaguely placed the food into its mouth and began to chew.

It seems Larvitar is only familiar with Ash; if we give it food, it might not eat it!

Brock saw that Larvitar hesitated even at Ash's kindness, showing how deeply those events affected it.

【Ma Zhishi: Larvitar hatched out and actually isn't shy around Ash, and its own condition is fine; it seems the Rainbow Feather is truly useful.】

【Gadeliya: Not only the Rainbow Feather, look—Larvitar initially didn't show fear of Ash when it came out; that's because Ash first used wave-guidance power to soothe Larvitar, and the Larvitar in the egg sensed only external malice, so when Ash first touched the Pokémon egg he knew Larvitar's situation was off, and thus he continuously sent goodwill via wave-guidance to let it sense the beauty of the world!】

Having something this good truly makes people envious!

Everyone increasingly envied Black Satoshi, who had such a fine treasure on hand and also such powerful wave-guidance; who knows how much help it has brought him.

Ash himself has seen his battle power with Poké Ball boosted to epic levels; just being able to conduct telepathic communication already surpasses many trainers, let alone the wave-guidance boost he developed.

That's something only those with wave-motion power would use, though not necessarily; there's someone on the comment stream who also has wave-guidance power, and they say it's hard to reach Black Satoshi's level, their wave-guidance talent inferior to Black Satoshi's.

Moreover, Ash received a gift from the divine beast: not only the Rainbow Feather of Ho-Oh, but also the Silver Feather; the Poké Ball he carries have been nurtured by the Rainbow Feather and the Silver Feather.

Those two feathers of Black Satoshi aren't just casually shed by the divine beast; they are specially infused with the source of its power, possessing healing and energy that strengthens Poké Ball physiques, able to emanate continuously.

They looked on from outside the Light Screen, feeling very envious; how great it would be if they possessed one of those feathers!

【Tie Xuan: Wave-guidance also serves this purpose, effectively preventing the low vitality of Larvitar in the Bai Shijie, and also preventing it from refusing to eat.】

【Professor Oak: Using the Rainbow Feather to nurture Larvitar's body, Black Satoshi is almost done researching the Rainbow Feather; too bad there's no ready-made Rainbow Feather now, otherwise I'd study it too!】

Everyone wants to research it!

Everyone saw Professor Oak's comment and their hearts went to the two feathers Black Satoshi possesses!

"Those two feathers...... are they really impressive?"

Xiaocilang rubbed his chin and spoke up.

Just as he asked, Musashi and Meowth looked down on Xiaocilang, thinking, 'Does this guy even look at the Light Screen or the comment stream? Everyone else is chatting heatedly there, yet he's still here asking if it's impressive!'

Xiaocilang noticed his teammates' gazes; he originally intended to act in true Team Rocket fashion and snatch those fine feathers, but after thinking it over he gave up!

We don't have any of those little brats in our world either—what a wasted joy!

Damn, none of them—go steal some yarn!

They didn't snatch anything, but the Black World's Team Rocket Trio discovered Black Satoshi's Rainbow Feather and wanted to snatch Pikachu, Little Lugia, and the Rainbow Feather all together.

Using binoculars they saw that Ash and his friends' attention was wholly on Larvitar, so they wanted to seize this opportunity.

Let's go!

The watching Team Rocket Trio knew their plan; inside they were shouting, 'This plan is great—hurry up and go show off a bit; after so long, if we don't show them some impressive little brats, they'll really think our Team Rocket is just a comedy act.'

After a while, Larvitar and the Friendship had a basic acquaintance; it was no longer as shy and nervous as at first, fine when facing one or two on its own, but when many Friendship looked at it, it would become very Nervousness.

Just as Larvitar was looking around, it happened to encounter the Team Rocket Trio.

Pikachu immediately attacked the Team Rocket Trio's Poké Ball, but the Team Rocket had also built a machine that absorbs electricity, so Pikachu's electric attack was useless.

Strong Croc's water gun was also no use, likewise being absorbed.

But Pikachu and its friends wouldn't believe it, all unleashing full force—fire, water, electric, rock, etc. —the machine the Team Rocket made couldn't absorb that much energy, and another explosion blew them away.

After the Team Rocket's disturbance, the relationship between Larvitar and Pikachu and its friends grew a step closer.

To make Larvitar more cheerful, Ash decided to take it to the hot springs area to play, feel the fun of playing, and as much as possible let Larvitar forget the bad things it encountered in the egg stage.

On the way they happened to meet Shangye, who wanted to subdue the Flame Emperor, holding something that could sensitively capture the Flame Emperor's unique and mysterious energy fluctuations, saying he had been searching for the Flame Emperor all along.

This time hearing that the Flame Emperor would appear here, he specially trained a dream specter for subduing the Flame Emperor, doing many trainings aimed at the Flame Emperor.

When discussing the plan to subdue the Flame Emperor, Shangye was full of confidence, his eyes flashing with determined light.

He had great confidence in subduing the Flame Emperor!

Another trainer obsessed with subduing divine beasts.

Team Rocket appeared again causing trouble, and Ash had Pikachu defeat all of the Team Rocket Trio's Poké Ball.

Boom!

Team Rocket exploded on the spot, and not only did Team Rocket explode there, but a nearby mountain peak also exploded at that moment.

Clearly a figure leapt out from there, and the surrounding temperature rose.

That was a figure with limbs prostrate on the ground, falling onto the high slope ahead.

"Yan Emperor!"

Shang Ye also instantly became excited, eyes wide, staring at the Yan Emperor before him.

「I will challenge you, and then subdue you! 」

Flame Emperor's whole body is orange-red hair, with iron rings on its limbs, red six-pointed star-shaped structures on its cheeks, a golden-yellow shell like a clover embedded on its forehead, and flowing white smoke behind it; a dignified aura naturally emanates from it.

It didn't notice Shang Ye, only looking at Ash behind Shang Ye; just now it sensed Ash's aura and jumped out!

「Dream Sprite, don't let Flame Emperor escape, use Dark Gaze! 」

Dream Sprite immediately used Dark Gaze on Flame Emperor.

Just as it was about to continue attacking, Flame Emperor let out a roar, and Dream Sprite instantly returned to its Poké Ball.

「Ash, be careful of Flame Emperor's roar! 」

Shang Ye glanced at Ash, warned him to be careful; his own Dream Sprite was just defeated by Flame Emperor, but he wasn't too disheartened—instead, a little excitement welled up.

「Flame Dragon, it's our turn! 」